On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 04:37:11PM -0600, Jim Graham wrote:
> Note the corners: periods on top, and ` ' on the bottom. IMHO, this
> looks better. But that IS just my opinion. :-) And just on a style
> note, I would also condense it to something like this (avoiding
> redundancy):
>
> .---------------------------------------------------------------.
> | Hurricane | Deaths | Location |
> |===============================================================|
> | Great Hurricane of 1780 | 27,500+ | Antilles |
> |--------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
> | Mitch, 1998 | 18,974 - 21,000 | Honduras |
> |--------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
> | Galveston, 1900 | 8,000 - 12,000 | Cuba, Texas |
> |--------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
> | Fifi, 1974 | 8,000 - 10,000 | Honduras, Belize |
> |--------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
> | Dominican Republic, 1930 | 2,000 - 8,000 | Antilles, D.R. |
> |--------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
> | Flora, 1963 | 7,186 - 8,000 | Haiti, Cuba |
> `--------------------------+-----------------+------------------'
What about the following one? (Unicode-enabled terminal needed)
╭──────────────────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────╮
│ Hurricane │ Deaths │ Location │
╞══════════════════════════╪═════════════════╪══════════════════╡
│ Great Hurricane of 1780 │ 27,500+ │ Antilles │
├──────────────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ Mitch, 1998 │ 18,974 - 21,000 │ Honduras │
├──────────────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ Galveston, 1900 │ 8,000 - 12,000 │ Cuba, Texas │
├──────────────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ Fifi, 1974 │ 8,000 - 10,000 │ Honduras, Belize │
├──────────────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ Dominican Republic, 1930 │ 2,000 - 8,000 │ Antilles, D.R. │
├──────────────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ Flora, 1963 │ 7,186 - 8,000 │ Haiti, Cuba │
╰──────────────────────────┴─────────────────┴──────────────────╯
--
Bernard Massot
